President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday inaugurated a nine-member Board of Directors for the newly established Ghana EXIM Bank.

A statement issued from the Flagstaff House Communication Bureau, said the board would be chaired by Professor Richard Bani of the University of Ghana.

It named other members as Mrs. Pearl Esua- Mensah, formerly of UT Bank; Joseph Enimil-Armah of Enimil Group of Companies and Nana Dr. Apiagyei Dankawaso of the Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The rest are Dr. Johnson P. Asiama, Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana; James Tiigah of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority; Emmanuel Mammara of the Ministry of Trade and Samuel Arkhurst of the Ministry of Finance.

The statement said the acting Chief Executive of the Bank is Dr. Barfour Osei.